[DW] UN officials intercepted over 1,000 migrants colonists in one day off the coast of North Africa attempting a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea towards Europe.
HOW MANY MIGRANTS COLONISTS LEAVE LIBYA TOWARDS EUROPE EACH YEAR?
Thousands of migrants colonists leave Libya each year on unseaworthy wooden boats and rubber dinghies towards Europa
 ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
. Many of the asylum seekers die on the journey.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says over 10,000 migrants colonists so far have been rescued and returned to Libya in 2021.
At least 180 migrants colonists traveling from Libya have died this year, according to the IOM, and hundreds are missing.
Many of the migrants colonists traveling from Libya are exploited by human smugglers, who facilitate the journeys in exchange for money. There are widespread reports torture and abuse of migrants colonists at the hands of smugglers.
MOSLEM COLONISTS MIGRANTS ALSO LEAVING FOR EUROPE VIA TUNISIA
The Tunisian navy and coastguard rescued 54 migrants colonists at sea on Friday, taking the migrants colonists to the port town of Ben Gardane before transferring them to a detention center.
A cemetery in southern Tunisia is dedicated to migrants colonists who died at sea.
Many of the migrants colonists who embark by sea from Libya and Tunisia actually hail from sub-Saharan Africa.
The migrants colonists may be fleeing war, terrorism, authoritarian governments or for other reasons, such as the search for better economic opportunities in Europe.
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